CVE-2019-9144
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in...
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
CVE-2019-9144- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
CVE-2019-9144- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0054 No score
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0054- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h536-vfr2-h6pw
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in...
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
GHSA-h536-vfr2-h6pw- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
CVE-2019-9144- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-9144
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9144- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2019-249
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Record
PYSEC-2019-249- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| affected | ||
| affected, aliases, references | EUVD | |
| first indexed | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9144 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Exiv2, published February 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.78%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in exiv2 0.27.2-8.
References
research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2anonymous-namespacebigtiffimageprintifd-exiv2-0-27
github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712
securityfocus.com/bid/107161
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9144
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9144